(4) "A Study of Standards for Accreditation of
Master's Programs in Library & Information Studies,"
@Doshisha University Library and Information Studies. No. 21
(2010) (Japanese)
The paper discusses the process of updating 1992
Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library & Information
Studies. It overviews "the Congress for Professional Education held in 1999" and
"Forum on Education: Education for Librarianship held in 2006". It also surveys
new 2008 Standards, ALA's core competences of librarianship, and the
recommendation of the Presidential Task Force on Library Education of
2009.